Ashes Series on TV
 

ATN Cricket Plus and CBN are going to show the Ashes series plus the 20T and ODI's. Get yourself a DVR. :thumbup:

Ashes Schedule: England vs. Australia

08 July - Cardiff

16 July - Lords

30 July - Edgbaston

07 August - Headingley

20 August - Oval


The rest of the fixtures:

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yawn

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I realize this is sport doesn't appeal to all demographics.

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You could always watch the grass grow. ;):D

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I don't think that appeals to all demographics either. (Of course BC may be the exception).

But on topic, I'll be spending the summer listening to all five tests on BBC4, for which we have perfect reception in Normandy.

Wahey!

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It would be more interesting

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It is possible to go off even Academics you know. :p

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The OH has made similar observations in the past.

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Some of us have to teach summer classes. :mad:

Anyway its nice here in the summer and I think a got a half bottle of calvados left that my nan brought over back last year.

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Only the most junior among us. :sneaky:

I'm glad you appreciate Calva though. I'm looking forward to renewing my acquaintance with a bottle of Calvados du fermier vintage 1951 which I didn't quite finish last summer.

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I'll be spending the summer listening to all five tests on BBC4

Watching it on TV would be bad enough but to LISTEN to it:eek::eek::eek:

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Unsurprised.

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You know not of what you speak. The BBC4 Test match commentaries are an art form of the highest ilk.

Are you a cradle Canadian?

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Thanks for the heads up, hopefully I have one of these channels, otherwise I will be resorting to the sling box with my brother in the UK for sky sports:cool:

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Pray tell why?

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Just a thought

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Come on you must have a reason why? Are you insinuating that I don't understand the finer elements of the game?

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Perhaps he thinks you make a silly point?

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Is that a 'silly mid off' point?

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Nuff said.

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Been there, done that.

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Think it was the fact that my Dad used to watch Cricket non-stop when I was a kid, with the sound down on the TV and the Radio 4 commentary on..............bored me senseless and I think that I have been traumatised by it ever since.

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Funnily enough, my sons agree with you. :(

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I just remember all those times I could have been watching Battle of the Planets and he was watching Cricket........in the days when having more than 1 TV was a luxury

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I've never heard of Battle of the Planets, but I bet it was less violent than Freddie Truman.

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Battle of the Planets...............G FORCE!

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How can TMS have bored you senseless? It was the soundtrack to my childhood summers. The "old guard" in particular (Arlott when I was a nipper, Johnston, Mosey, and latterly Agnew ) possessed some of the most wonderful turns of phrase, and there was something beautifully mellifluous about the slightly waffly timbre of a Radio 3 TMS broadcast on a summer's afternoon. My mother, not the world's greatest cricket fan, used to enjoy listening to the other stuff they talked about - the red buses, the pigeons, the cakes... it can be almost more entertaining during stoppages than when there's cricket taking place.

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When I hear clips of them now I find it fascinating/funny/calming but as a teenager it was incredibly boring

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Tut. I look forward to lengthy debate about the degree of threat posed by a cloud approaching the Oval from the west. And comparisons to that other cloud at Headingley in 1972.

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Season 2 ended a few weeks ago.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ashestoashes/

I do believe there is a third season in the works.;):sneaky::rofl::rofl:

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You, sir, are a cad and a philistine.

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From you my good man that is the ultimate compliment.;)

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With a DVR you can record it and essentially watch it the same time of day as if in England. I myself get a case or two of Boddingtons or other suitable ale, some pork pies and egg and cress sarnies and sit on the patio and watch the telly through the french doors.

The radio 4 broadcast is a nice idea but you have to watch in real time I ain't getting up at 3 am as I've probably only just gone to bed.

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I know this is hard to believe, but earlier this evening my OH self identified (without any prompting from me) as a curmudgeon.

Perhaps that's why we're still married. :rofl:

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Woo hoo. Just got the Cricket channel ordered now lets hope the weather is nice in Cardiff. :thumbup:

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Slingboxing it:thumbup:Extended highlights start UK time 11pm,which is 7 in NS.
2 or 3 hours of Bumble should be fine.

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You can follow Bumble on Twitter. :) I think its something like bumblecricket.

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I'll take a look:thumbup:cheers

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336 for 7. Australia won the day in my opinion. Can't believe that shot by KP. Freddie and Prior getting out late in the day tipped to the Aussies. Should be a good day tomorrow with Beefy, Bumble and Athers more warmed up. I thought they were a little flat today.

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Aussies day but only just.Lost one wicket too many.We need to get close to 400.
Beefy hyas been flat for years. Turning into Truman.:thumbdown: